Game



A. H. SEBASTIAN.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 28. 1921.

' 1,437,202. Patented Nov. 28,1922.

Patented Nov. 28, 1922.

ALVINH. SEBASTIAN, or ALBI N, MICHIGAN.

GALVIE.

Application filed April 28, 1921. Serial No. 55,271.

T 0 all to hem it may concern Be it known that I, ALVIN SEBASTIAN, .a citizen of the United. States, residing at Albion, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Game, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a game apparatus, one of its objects being to provide a structure utilizing an inclined track merging into a loop for guiding a marble or the like which, when delivered from the loop, will be able to travel freely over a board containing a series of recesses having different values.

Another object is to provide a structure of this character the parts of which can be readily taken apart to allow for compact bundling.

A further object is to provide apparatus of this character which is simple and durable in construction and which will afiord considerable amusement to persons using the same.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention has been shown.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus, portions being broken away.

Figure 2 is a plan view.

Figure 3 is a transverse section through a portion of the track and showing its engagement with the game board constituting the base.

Figure 1 is a section through the track at an intermediate point.

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates the base or game board in which are provided at desired points recesses 2 having different values in dicated by characters adjacent thereto. EX- tending along the top surface of this base and adjacent the edges thereof is a guide rail 3 the ends of which can be spaced apart at one Side of the beard as shown at 4. A

baffle rail 5 can be extended transversely of the board in the space surrounded by the rail 3 and closely adjacent one end of. the board as shown, thus to provide a passageway indicated generally at 6 extending transversely of the board.

A recess 7 is provided in the board adjacent the space between the ends of the rail and this recess 7 is adapted to receive a U-shaped cross wire 8 connecting parallel curved rails 9 which can be formed of stifi wire. These rails are curved to form a loop 10 the end of which rests upon the board 1 close to the rail 3 as shown at 11 in Figure 2. The other end portion of the rail or track is curved upwardly and longitudinally so as to extend. over a block 12 supported by a standard 18, this block having spaced openings 14 therein into which the downturned free ends of the wires forming the track are projected. This is shown in Figure 1.

The lower end of the standard 13 is seated in a socket 15 formed in a block 16 mounted on one end of the board 1.

It will be apparent that by placing a marble on the upper portion of the track the same will gravitate along the track and within the loop 10 and then be discharged against the rails 3. The marble will roll along the passage 6 and onto that portion of the board 1 containing the recesses 2 and if by chance the marble should ultimately come to rest in one of the recesses, the player will be credited with the amount indicated adjacent said recess.

As shown in Figure a the wires forming the track can be connected at desired intervals by curved cross pieces 17 When the game apparatus is not in use the track can be disengaged from the block 12 and from the board 1 by lifting it therefrom after which the standard 13 can be lifted out of the socket 15. Thus the complete apparatus can be arranged in a compact bundle.

Instead of having the marble roll into one of the recesses or depressions 2, different marbles can be placed in these recesses and the game can be played by hav-. ing the marble which gravitates along the rails 9 dislodge one or more of these marbles from their places, thus giving the player credit for those marbles displaced.

The apparatus can of course be used in playing games other than those described,

What is claimed is A game apparatus including a base board having recesses and a socket at one corner, a standard detachably mounted in said socket, a rail on the board adjacent the edges thereof, a cross rail on the board in the space surrounded by said edge rail, a track comprising spaced Wires upper end of said standard, said track being arranged over one side of the board and merging into a loop, said Wires having their having downturned ends detachably engaging the depending therefrom, there being a recess 15 in the board for the reception of the yoke.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my oWn, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

ALVIN H. SEBASTIAN.

Witnesses: A BERT L WRIGHT, PHILO D. WRIGHT. 

